Upeka

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Walling: 90% of tech startups should bootstrap, only 1% should raise venture
“I think about one percent of tech startups should consider raising venture, I think about nine percent should consider raising what I call indie funding, which is Tiny Seed, Indie.VC, Upeka, and the other Alt-VC funds that you might hear about, and then 90% sh…”
Rob Walling Nov 14, 2023 ▶ 5:48 Episode 687 | An 8th Thing You Should Never Do, Things That Don't...
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Maruthavanan: Eight of ten Upekka 2017 cohort startups crossed $1M ARR
“In our first cohort in, in, in 2017, we had 10 startups that joined us. Eight out of the 10 have crossed about a million dollar in ARR. Ninth took a small exit, and then the 10th one is the one that did not cross the million dollar ARR mark. They are roughly a…”
Rajan Maruthavanan Jul 10, 2023 ▶ 4:53 108 ways of getting to a million dollars in ARR
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Maruthavanan: iMocha raised ACV from $1,000 to $6,000 by changing ICP
“The code did not change. It just the persona changed, and where they were struggling to sell for thousand dollars a year, here it became very, very easy for them to sell it at 6000 dollars a year.”
Rajan Maruthavanan Jul 10, 2023 ▶ 10:50 108 ways of getting to a million dollars in ARR

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